The Big White Book of Weddings: A How-to Guide for the Savvy, Stylish Bride
Entertaining expert David Tutera opens his files to reveal a wealth of detailed information about creating that perfect day, featuring advice about everything from wording invitations to negotiating with caterers, planning the meal to throwing an event on a budget.\ The same insight celebrity entertaining and wedding expert David Tutera gives to his A-list clientele is now at your fingertips in The Big White Book of Weddings: David’s ultimate "how-to” guide designed to get every bride down...
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Entertaining expert David Tutera opens his files to reveal a wealth of detailed information about creating that perfect day, featuring advice about everything from wording invitations to negotiating with caterers, planning the meal to throwing an event on a budget.The same insight celebrity entertaining and wedding expert David Tutera gives to his A-list clientele is now at your fingertips in The Big White Book of Weddings: David’s ultimate "how-to” guide designed to get every bride down the aisle in style!It’s tough to be a bride on a budget—but David reveals his personal tips of the wedding trade that proves brides can be both sophisticatedly chic and realistically resourceful! Covering the entire wedding experience from brainstorming, budgeting, invitations, gift registries, food, music, traditional reception rituals, and even what happens after the wedding's over, Tutera has created a must-have for brides-to-be. Full of the personality that David brings to every wedding he plans and every TV show or magazine article he appears in, Big White Book of Weddings is the book every bride needs to make her wedding unforgettable for all the right reasons!Includes sections such as:- Create engaging menus and creative cocktails in "Eat, Drink and Be Married!"- Be Perfectly Polished with "Etiquette for the Elegant"- Make your entertainment a hit without needing a rock-star budget in “Strike up the Band”- Go from "Ordinary to Extraordinary" with decor and floral tips from the pro
Acknowledgments xiiiIntroduction: The "Other" Man in Your Life 11 Getting Started 101: The Planning Process: Think, Organize, Do (And Don't!) 7Think About It: BrainstormingGet Your Priorities Straight: ABCs of OrganizingDo Your Homework: Researching Before Acting2 That Costs How Much?, or My Dad so won't Pay That: The Bride's Guide to Savvy Spending and Budgeting 15Create Your Budget Before You Spend a DimeWhat to Expect (and Questions to Ask When Researching Costs)Budgeting with VendorsThe Stress-free Bride-to-Be3 Scene-Setting for Your Wedding 41The Perfect Date: Choosing When Your Wedding Will Take PlaceThat Special Time of Year: Holiday WeddingsIn a Faraway Land: Destination WeddingsLocation, Location, Location: Selecting a Ceremony and Reception Venue4 Perfectly Polished: Etiquette for the Elegant 67I'm Smiling Because I Have to Right Now: Being a Bride Who Is Nice and Considerate to AllYour A-List: Creating Your Guest ListGet the Party Started!: Choosing Your Bridal PartyPlaying the Part: The Role of the Bride and GroomBeing well Received at Your ReceptionOh, You Shouldn't Have!: Registry and GiftsFrom me to You: When to Gift GuestsYour Supporting Cast: Attendant Gifts5 You're Invited!: Invites And Printed Materials 85Creating a Buzz: Save the DatesYou are Cordially Invited: InvitationsWhat Do We Do Now?: ItinerariesThe Run of Show: ProgramsPlaces, Everyone!: Escort Cards and Place CardsWhat's Cooking?: Menu CardsThe Paper Trail: Accents and MoreMuch Obliged: Thank-YouNotes6 Fashion Forward 113The Aisle Is Your RunwayMaking Your Debut: Your Bridal Gown!Amorous Additions: AccessoriesFashion for Your Bridal PartyReady for My Close-up: Hair and MakeupMen of the Hour: Groom and Groomsmen"Everlasting" Love: Wedding Gown Preservation7 Strike Up the Band: Entertainment! 139Ceremony SerenadesCocktail and Reception MusicAnd the Band Played On!: Hiring a BandSpin My Song: Hiring a DJA Sweet Duet: DJs with AccompanimentShowstoppers: Hiring PerformersGoing Out with a Bang: Wedding Fireworks8 Lights, Camera, Action!: Photography And Videography 159Your Personal Paparazzi: Hiring a PhotographerRoll the Cameras!: Hiring a Videographer9 Ordinary to Extraordinary: Your Wedding Decor 171Designing Your Dream: Contracting a Design VendorWhat's Your Bridal Style?Stop and Smell the Roses: Floral DecorDecor the HallsMy People Will Call Your People: Contacting Rental VendorsLet There Be Lighting!10 Eat, Drink, and Be Married!: Food And Beverage 206Creatively Incorporating Food and FestivityBottoms Up!: Cocktail HourDinner Is Served: Dinner ReceptionsA Taste of Things to Come: Menu Planning and TastingsPlaying with Your Food: Food as EntertainmentLet Them Eat Cake!: Faultlessly Finding Your Future ConFection11 Get Me to the Church on Time!: Timelines and Logistics 226In Due TimeDown to the Minute!: Three Schedule ScenariosWhen Time Is on Your Side: Lapses Between Ceremony and ReceptionPoint A to Point B: TransportationDon't Do the Pink Stretch Lima: Transporting Yourself to Your WeddingWhich Way Do We Go?: Directions for GuestsThere and Back: Transporting Your Bridal Party and/or GuestsThe Driving Force: ValetChecking It Twice12 The Main Event: Ceremony and Reception 246Places, Everyone!Greeting and SeatingHere Comes the Bride: ProcessionalMastering CeremonyDo You Take This Man?: VowsMake It Official: Hiring an OfficiantThere Goes the Bride: RecessionalTo Give Is to Receive: Receiving LinesCelebrate Good Times: Your Cocktails and ReceptionAnd Now . . . the Announcement of the Bridal PartyMay I Have This Dance?: Special DancesCheers!: Toasts Given on Your Special DayLet the Games Begin!: Cake, Garter, BouquetFavorite FavorsClosing: Happily-Ever-After-The-Wedding's-Over 274Index 277
